Fastener



F. M. MULLINS. FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED AuG.3'I. I92o.

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WITNESS E6 ATTORNEY PatentedApr. 5, 1921;

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Specification of Letters Batent. VPadgnted Apr, 1921.

Application led August 31, 1920. Serial Noi 407,284.

To @ZZ whom tf/nay concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK M. MULLrNs, a subject of the King of England,residing at Havelock, in the county of Kings, in the Province of NewBrunswick and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and usefulimprovements in Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

lilly present invention has reference to a garment fastener.

The object is the provision of a fastener in the nature of a hook andeye, in which both ofthe elements are in the nature of flat memberswhich offer only a slight protrusion when secured to the garments, andwhich coengage in such a manner as to positively prevent the accidentalseparation `thereof.

A. further object is the provision of a garment fastener constitutingtwo flat plates one in the nature of an eye which is grooved orchanneled fromrone of its ends to an opening therein and the portionthereof directly opposite or to the rear of the opening formed with ashoulder, the plate of the hook member being slotted to provide the hooktherefor, the said hook depending from the body and designed to bepassed through the channel of the body of the eye member to contact withthe inner wall provided by the slot therein, and the inner wall of theopening made in the production of the hook designed to contact with theprojection on the body of the eye member, thus the hoolr member engageswith the eye member at two separate and distinct points wherebyaccidental movement of the hook member Aover the eye member in alongitudinal direction will be prevented, and the engagement of the hookin the channeled porion of the eye also preventing lateral movement ofthe hookvmember with respect to the eye member.

The drawings illustrate a satisfactory embodiment of the improvementreduced to practice, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the members assembled.

Fig. 2 is an approximately central vertical sectional view therethrough,on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the eye member. y

Fig. 4 is a Ysimilar view of the hook member. n

Both of the elements constituting my improved fastener are formed fromcompara-` tively small substantially rectangular preferably metallicplates, and eachv may be of a similar size. p Y

For the sake of distinction l vwill refer to one of the elements as theeye member,

and to the other as the hook member.

The eye member is broadly indicated by the numeral l, and the lbodyplate thereof at its corners has openings 2 therethrough .for' thepassage of the securing threads.

The body plate l, from what I will term its inner edge is centrallydepressed longitudinally for a determined distance, as indicated by thenumeral 3, and the inner wall of the said depression being arranged atan inward and downward angle and terminates in a transverse slot oropening 4. The por-` -tion of the body, directly opposite or to the rearof the slot 4 is slightly bulged outwardly, as at 5, to provide therea-r end thereof with a shoulder 6. The shoulder 6 is of a widthequaling that of the depression or passage 3, and consequently does notextend the entire width of the body plate 1. The hook member is broadlyindicated by the numeral 7. The body plate, constituting the same hasits corners provided with openings 8 for the passage Vof the securingthreads. The body plate, from a point adjacent to the outer end thereofis slitted transversely and longitudinally., and the metal bounded bythe slit is bent to provide a tongue 9 which is arranged a slightdistance below the plane of the outer'face of the body, the said tongueterminating in a downturned lip 11. The tongue is of a widthcorresponding to that of the passage 3 in the body plate of the eyemember 1and the inner wall provided by the transverse slit in theyformation of the tongue, is for distinction indicated by the numeral 12.

By reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings, it will be seen that when thehook member is brought to engagement with the eye member the tongue 9will be received in the depression or passage 3, the lip l1 passesthrough the slot 4 in the body plate of the eyev member and contactswith the shoulder 13 which provides the inner wall of the said slot. Thelip portion of the tongue is also engaged by bulged portion 5 ment withthe shoulder 6 in the body plate of the eye `member l. Thus it will benoted that the hook member is snugly received in the depression 3 or'the element l so that lateral movement of the hook member with respecttothe eye member will be prevented. lt will be further seen that thedownturned tongue on the end ot the hook is in contact-ing engagementwith the wall 13 provided bythe slot a'-, the upper portion of thetongue is contacted by the inner wall 14C of the bulged portion 5, andthe wall or shoulder l2 of the hook member contacts with the shoulder 6provided by the bulged portion oit the eye member. Thus it will be notedthat both lateral and accidental longi-V tudinal displacement of thefastening elements will be effectively prevented, and it is believedthat the foregoing description, when taken in connection with fully Vsetforth the simplicity and advantages of the improvement without furtherdetail description, it being thought merely necessary to state that the.flat construction of the fasteners prevent any bulging of the portion ofthe garment to which they are the inner wall 14 of theV of the bodyplate of thel eye, and the wall'l2 of the body plate of the hook isbrought into contacting engagethe drawings will secured, and alsothatthe edges of the said that no injury Y elements may be rounded so ycan be iniicted to the said garments. f

Having thus vdescribed the invention, what I claim, is :e-`

Inca garment fastener, two iiat substanv tially rectangular plates'having openings at the corners thereof, one of said plateshav# ing acentral longitudinal downwardly inedge provided with. a shoulde'r,"thesecond plate lseing slitted transversely and longitudinally and themetal bounded by the slit bent to provide a tongue that terminates in adownturned lip, and said tongue being arranged below the Youter surfaceof the said plate, said tongue being of a Width corresponding to that ofthe depression in the first mentioned plate and designed to be receivedtherein andtohave its lip Contact with the inner wallvof the slot and tobe contacted by the inner wall or the bulged portion of the i'irstmentioned plate, and the wall provided by the transverse slot in thesecond mentioned plate'designed to contact with the shoulder of thefirst mentioned plate, when the plates are associated.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK M. MULLrNs.

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